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|name=The Dreaming
|number in range  = 5
|series=  
|series           = ''[[Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand]]''
|doctor=Eleventh Doctor
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|enemy=The [[Mara]]
|enemy           = [[Mara]], [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]]
|setting= [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]], [[Trenzalore]]
|setting         = [[Christmas (town)|Christmas]], [[Trenzalore]]
|writer=[[Mark Morris]]
|writer           = Mark Morris
|publication=''[[Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand (novel)|Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand]]''
|release date    = 27 February 2014
|prev=Strangers in the Outland (short story)
|anthology        = Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand
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|prev             = Strangers in the Outland (short story)
}}
|read by          = [[David Troughton]]
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'''''The Dreaming''''' was a short story published in ''[[Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand]]''. It was written by [[Mark Morris]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* [[Eleventh Doctor]]
* The [[Mara]]
* [[Mara]]
* [[Aliganza Torp]]
* [[Aliganza Torp]]
* [[Pericles Torp]]
* [[Pericles Torp]]
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* [[Clem Svorsen]]
* [[Clem Svorsen]]
* [[Samanda Glyde]]
* [[Samanda Glyde]]
* [[Jalen Fellwood]] (skeletal remains)
* [[Jalen Fellwood]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The Doctor tells Vida that the [[Dæmon]]s, the [[Osirian]]s, the [[Carrionite]]s, and the [[Hervoken]] have all used science disguised as [[magic]].
* The Doctor tells Vida that the [[Dæmon]]s, the [[Osiran]]s, the [[Carrionite]]s, and the [[Hervoken]] have all used science disguised as [[magic]].
* In his old age, the Doctor referred to [[Aliganza Torp]] as "[[Barnable]] the 43rd," [[Mellandine Eggleton]] as "[[Amelia Pond|Amelia]]," and [[Taskia]] as "[[Clara Oswald|Clara]]."
* In his old age, the Doctor referred to [[Aliganza Torp]] as "[[Barnable]] the 43rd," [[Mellandine Eggleton]] as "[[Amelia Pond|Amelia]]," and [[Taskia]] as "[[Clara Oswald|Clara]]."
* The Mara is a [[gestalt]] entity that has many forms and also none. It uses a human skeleton as framework to take on physical form, essentially making a human-Mara [[hybrid]].
* The Mara is a [[gestalt]] entity that has many forms and also none. It uses a human skeleton as framework to take on physical form, essentially making a human-Mara [[hybrid]].
* Snow farms in Christmas ship snow to other colonies around the planet.
* The Doctor lost his leg due to a [[Tsunami Snake]].
* The Doctor lost his leg due to a [[Tsunami Snake]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* The Mara threatens the Doctor, saying it will enter his mind and seek out his name, but it already possessed the [[Fifth Doctor]] so it should presumably already know his name. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake]]'')
''to be added''
* The Doctor loses his leg in this story, and is given a replacement, explaining why he can be seen limping and is using a cane in [[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''. This appears to have been carried over from rumors and speculated narratives that the Eleventh Doctor would lose his leg in the Christmas special to deal with the issue of [[Matt Smith]] suffering a bad leg injury.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
[[File:TeganMara.jpg|thumb|The first hybrid? ([[TV]]: ''[[Snakedance]]'')]]
[[File:TeganMara.jpg|thumb|The first hybrid? ([[TV]]: ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'')]]
* The Doctor wore a [[Stetson]] while performing his duties as sheriff. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'')
* The Doctor wore a [[Stetson]] while performing his duties as sheriff. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]'')
* The Mara may have tried to use [[Tegan]]'s body to manifest itself, as it merged with her temporarily before once again being defeated. Additionally, the Mara may need to convert a body into its own, so when [[Aris]] was pulled from the circle of mirrors, it had no one to attach to. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', ''[[Snakedance]]'')
* The Doctor tells the Mara that "Only people with something to live for feel fear." His successor would share a similar sentiment with the Fisher King when facing a death he had been given foreknowledge of. ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'')
* The Doctor has encountered corpses and skulls used by aliens before. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'', ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]'')
* The Mara may have tried to use [[Tegan]]'s body to manifest itself, as it merged with her temporarily before once again being defeated. Additionally, the Mara may need to convert a body into its own, so when [[Aris]] was pulled from the circle of mirrors, it had no one to attach to. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'')
* The Doctor has encountered corpses and skulls used by aliens before. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'', ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]'')


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The Dreaming was a short story published in Tales of Trenzalore: The Eleventh Doctor's Last Stand. It was written by Mark Morris.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Aliganza Torp meets a sepulchral undertaker in a dark place who questions him about his name as well as the Doctor's. The undertaker explains that the Doctor thinks so little of him because he won't reveal his name. Then he tells Aliganza to hold out his hand.

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to be added

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The first hybrid? (TV: Snakedance)